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Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park

Eastern Pkwy., E. New York Ave. bet. Rochester Ave. and Portal St.

Brooklyn

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This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

What was here before?

The area was mostly rural and farmland until it was developed in 1865 by Charles S. Brown. Brown purchased a section of farm and meadowland and built 250 frame houses, hoping to lure the working class from lower Manhattan and western sections of Brooklyn to his modestly priced homes. Brown was confident that he wouldn't be able to persuade the upper middle class to move to the area known as "Brownsville" due to its unpleasant location downwind from the foul odors of the marshes and bone-boiling factories near Jamaica Bay.

How did this become a park?

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